Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Bohemian natural scientist.
Jan Svatopluk Presl | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 April 1849 Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire | (aged 57)
Alma mater | Charles University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Chemistry |
Author abbrev. (botany) | J.Presl |
He was the brother of botanist Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794–1852). The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia (founded in 1914). He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work,O Prirozenosti Rostlin.
Selected publications
- Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820). O Prirozenosti Rostlin. Prague: Krala Wiljma Endersa.
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See also
- Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl, 1794–1852) — Czech botanist, and younger brother of Jan Presl.
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